Fifty Shades of Grey: EL James accused of being 'lazy' after re-writing original plot for new book

Same plot: EL James has been accused of being 'lazy' with her new book (Picture: Ian Gavan/Getty Images) Ian Gavan/Getty Images

EL James has been accused of being 'lazy' by Twitter fans after it was revealed that the new Fifty Shades book has the same plot as the original.

The best-selling author, who has penned new novel Grey from Christian Grey's point of view, has faced backlash from readers who thinks she is cashing in on the same material.

After news that the same steamy scenes would be re-written, but from a different perspective, a number of fans took to Twitter to complain.

One person wrote: "What does E.L James do after 50 Shades of Grey? Continue the story by retelling it from Grey's perspective. Lazy? Yes."

While another reader joked: "Next EL James book to be the same story again, told from the perspective of the bloke in the rope department of B&Q."

James announced plans for the new novel just last month, telling her Instagram followers that the sequel to her internationally best-selling erotic trilogy will simply be called Grey and would hit shelves on June 18.

Admitting that she’d penned the new novel to meet fan demand, James wrote: “Hello all. For those of you who have asked, Christian's POV of #FSOG is published on 18th June for his birthday.